Redesigned shoes

Make your own pair of shoes
How to turn old thrifted shoes into a sparkling new pair - designed by YOU!

Posted by BexBax from Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark • Published 21st October 2007 • See BexBax's 16 projects »

Step 1
Find some old shoes in a thrift store.

Make sure the bottom can be separated from the top.
Step 2
Buy some fabric, buttons and ribbon, you like.
Step 3
Separate the top from the bottom using tongs and/or a screwdriver.
In this case, I found that the screws were under the sole inside the shoe.

Remember that you’re going to glue it back together later on - so it’s ok that it looks like a mess at the moment.
Step 4
Fold som transparent pattern paper around the shoe and draw along the edge with a pencil.
(not illustrated - sorry)

Cut it out and pin it on some scrap fabric to make a test.

Cut the fabric 0.5 cm from the paper.
Step 5
I wanted the shoes to be pleated so I simply added the extra width for the folds to the front pattern.
Step 6
Pin the test fabric to one shoe, using a bunch of needles. Make it look just the way you want it to.
Step 7
Do the same with the fabric you want on your final shoes.

When you’ve done one shoe, you can do the other.
Step 8
Glue the ends of the fabric under the edges of the shoe.

Remove the needles.
Step 9
Put the heal back on, so it covers the edges - use the screwdriver and lots and lots of glue.

Let it dry!
Step 10
Decorate and WEAR :)

- et voilá!